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My travels: Michael Jacobs travels the Andes from top to bottomhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/sep/23/andes-trail-venezuala-patagonia-ecuador-peru
The author tells of the journey of a lifetime down the Andes, from the tropics of Venezuela to the icy tip of Patagonia<p>The Andes fascinated me long before I got to see them. I had been brought up on the Andean tales of my paternal grandfather, a former railway engineer in Chile and Bolivia. On my mother's side I had ancestors who hailed from the Italian Alps, where so many of the great Andean climbers and adventurers originated. The Andes, as the world's longest continuous mountain range, came to hold the promise of an endless succession of extreme and sublime landscapes.</p><p>Eventually I realised my childhood dream of travelling their whole length, from the tropics down to Tierra del Fuego. A framework to my journey was provided by the exploits of the great Andean adventurers of the past, one of the most influential of whom was the German scientist Alexander von Humboldt. He toured the Andes from Colombia to Peru at the turn of the 19th century, drawing conclusions that would later form the basis of a massive unfinished study of the cosmos. His writings are filled with a constant and infectious sense of wonder.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/sep/23/andes-trail-venezuala-patagonia-ecuador-peru">Continue reading...</a>South America holidaysVenezuela holidaysTravelAdventure travelChile holidaysColombia holidaysEcuador holidaysPeru holidaysBolivia holidaysArgentina holidaysPatagonia holidaysFri, 23 Sep 2011 21:45:03 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/sep/23/andes-trail-venezuala-patagonia-ecuador-peruPhotograph: B Holland/Getty Images‘My most memorable walk was into Peru’s Colca Canyon, the deepest in the world. Condors hovered above.’ Photograph: B Holland/Getty ImagesPhotograph: B Holland/Getty Images‘My most memorable walk was into Peru’s Colca Canyon, the deepest in the world. Condors hovered above.’ Photograph: B Holland/Getty ImagesMichael Jacobs2011-09-23T21:45:03ZMy travels: Kapka Kassabova in Quito, Ecuadorhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/mar/05/ecuador-quito-kapka-kassabova
A rooftop tour of the sacred domes and spires of Quito made even a non-believer giddy with wonder<p>'You don't believe in God? Doesn't matter," Señor Rivas says. "But make a wish because the astral quality of Quito is exceptional."</p><p>Señor Rivas is a guide who specialises in walking tours of historic Quito. A Quiteño from a distinguished 400-year-old family, he has permission&nbsp;to climb inside and outside&nbsp;the dozens of church domes that make Quito South America's most&nbsp;exquisite colonial city. He looks the part with his silk cravat and Panama hat.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/mar/05/ecuador-quito-kapka-kassabova">Continue reading...</a>Ecuador holidaysTravelSat, 05 Mar 2011 00:07:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/mar/05/ecuador-quito-kapka-kassabovaPhotograph: PRHigh church … Kapka Kassabova on the roof of Santo Domingo.Photograph: PRHigh church … Kapka Kassabova on the roof of Santo Domingo.Kapka Kassabova2011-03-05T00:07:24ZMy travels: John Harrison (plus donkey) in Peru and Ecuadorhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/sep/18/harrison-my-travels-donkey
When he acquired a donkey to carry his stuff in the land of the Incas, the writer never dreamed his relationship with the beast of burden would be filled with such hatred and frustration<p>For my 50th birthday present to myself, I walked more than 600 miles through the heart of the old Inca empire, in Peru and Ecuador. At one point it seemed a good idea to buy a donkey to carry my gear. Working with Dapple, named for Sancho Panza's ass in Don Quixote, soon changed my mind.</p><p>When travel writers, particularly British ones, work with unfamiliar animals, they customarily record a period of initial difficulties, where it seems as if the animal will never be tractable. This is followed by useful tips from locals, a spell of improving understanding, and a realisation that one's own ignorance was causing many of the difficulties. Eventually the animal will, at a point where the success of the venture hangs in the balance, perform some act of magnificent endurance or courage.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/sep/18/harrison-my-travels-donkey">Continue reading...</a>Peru holidaysEcuador holidaysWalking holidaysTravelFri, 17 Sep 2010 23:06:35 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/sep/18/harrison-my-travels-donkeyPhotograph: PRThe Inca trail through the Andes.Photograph: PRThe Inca trail through the Andes.John Harrison2010-09-17T23:06:35Z